Christian K Messenger
Biographic Data
| ID | 682406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian K Messenger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian K |
| FAMILY NAME | Messenger |
| SIGNATURE | MESSENGER C K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wittenberg University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sporting with the Gods
Preface Prologue: 'The game and the nation' Part I. Sportsmen and Gamesmen in the Nineteenth Century: 1. Play, sport and western mythmaking 2. Play, sport and southern honour 3. Gender and the game Part II. Raising the Stakes: 4. Playing the game of life 5. 'The game' in business fiction 6. Desperate players and the sport of the gods Part III. Twentieth-Century Legacies: 7. Sportsmen and gamesmen in twentieth-century fiction 8. In the wake of Mob…
Sport and the Spirit of Play in Contemporary American Fiction
Semiotics and Alchemy
Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction
In this comprehensive and insightful study, Christian K. Messenger contends that American writers have always created characters at play in the sure knowledge that to be active in sport in America is to be in touch with its people, their traditions, and their fantasy lives. This is the first inclusive critical study of sport in American fiction with chapters on individual authors such as Hawthorne, Lardner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner, as…
From Ritual to Record
Sport in the Dime Novel
Tom Buchanan and the Demise of the Ivy League Athletic Hero
Tom Buchanan and the Demise of the Ivy League Athletic Hero
Sport in the Dime Novel
From Ritual to Record
Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction
In this comprehensive and insightful study, Christian K. Messenger contends that American writers have always created characters at play in the sure knowledge that to be active in sport in America is to be in touch with its people, their traditions, and their fantasy lives. This is the first inclusive critical study of sport in American fiction with chapters on individual authors such as Hawthorne, Lardner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner, as…
Semiotics and Alchemy
Sport and the Spirit of Play in Contemporary American Fiction
Sporting with the Gods
Preface Prologue: 'The game and the nation' Part I. Sportsmen and Gamesmen in the Nineteenth Century: 1. Play, sport and western mythmaking 2. Play, sport and southern honour 3. Gender and the game Part II. Raising the Stakes: 4. Playing the game of life 5. 'The game' in business fiction 6. Desperate players and the sport of the gods Part III. Twentieth-Century Legacies: 7. Sportsmen and gamesmen in twentieth-century fiction 8. In the wake of Mob…
Sports, Gender, and Society (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · American Sports and Literature (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works)